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KAZAN AND GRAY WOLF ARE OVERTAKEN BY FOREST
FIRE AND IN ORDER TO SAVE THEMSELVES THEY
HAVE TO BATTLE WITH ANOTHER LYNX
Fearing dlro punishment, uftor killing a innn who attacks Ills
itilntrcnH, Kiir.iui, un Alaskan slcdgo dog, ono-quurtcr wolf, taken to
wild Ufa and mitten with Grny Wolf. Weeks Inter, drawn by memory of
a woman's kindness, Kazan aven tho llfo of Joan nnd her baby, and
with Orny Wolf establishes a lnlr on Hun Hock, near Joan'n homo. Qrny
Wolf In blinded and her pup tiro killed by a lynx. Joan and her Inby
nnd huHbnnd lenvo the country, to Kntnn, ivlth his blind and do
pendent mate, goes northward.
CHAPTER XII Continued.
12
Ono day hu found n llttlo baby moc
cntdn under ono of the doited win
dow. It wnn old, and worn out, and
blackened by snow and rain, but ho
lay down besldo It, and remained thero
for a long time, while the baby Jonn
thouHimd mlleii nwny wan playing
with the strango toyit of civilization.
Then ho returned to (Iray Wolf among
the ipruco aud baliinm.
Tho cabin was the ono plnco to
which Gray Wolf would not follow
him. At all other times she wnn nt Ills
tilde. Now that she hod become ac
customed to blindness, Miu oven nc
companled him on hln hunts, until he
struck gtimo, and began the chime.
Then sho would wait for him. Kazan
initially hunted tho big snow-shoo rab
bit. Jlut one night he ran Uown und
killed n young doe. The kill won too
heavy to drag to Gray Wolf, no he re
turned to where nho wan waiting for
him and guided her to tho fount. In
many woys they becamu more and
more Inseparable a tho Hummer
leiiKthened, until at hint, through alt
tho wilderness, their footprint were
alwnyri two by two mid never ono by
one.
Then enmo the great flro.
Urtiy Wolf caught tho Hceut of It
when It wuh still two du)H to tho west.
Tho moou. drifting Into tho west, bo
camo blood red. When It dropped be
hind tho wilderness In thin manner,
the Indian called It tho bleeding moon,
and tho air was tilled with omens.
All tho next duy Gray Wolf was
uervouH, and toward noon Kazan
caught In the air tho warning that she
had sensed many bourn ahead of him.
Steadily tho Hcenl grew stronger, and
by the middle of the afternoon tho sun
waa veiled by a lllin of smoke.
Tho flight of the wild things from tho
triangle of forest between tho Junc
tions of ttio I'lpestono und Creo rivers
would havo begun then, but tho wind
shifted. It was a fatal shift. The lire
was raging from tho west and south.
Then tho wind swept ntrulght east
ward, carrying tho smoko with It, and
during thlM breathing spell nil tho wild
creaturcH In tho trlanglo "between tho
two rivers waited. This gave tho tiro
tlmo to sweep completely ucross tho
biiHO of tho forest triangle, cutting off
tho Inst trails of escape.
Then tho wind shifted ugaln, nnd tho
llro swept north. Tho heud of tho trt
miglo became n death-trap. All through
tho night tho southern sky wnn filled
with u lurid glow, nnd by morning tho
heat nnd smoko nnd nsli wcro suffocat
ing. I'nntc-Btrlckcn, Koran searched vain
ly for n means of escape. Not for nn
Instnnt did ho lenvo Gray Wolf. It
would hnvo been ensy for him to swim
ncrosH cither ot tho two strenms, for
ho was three-quarters dog. Hut nt tho
first touch of water on her pnws, Gray
Wolf drew back, shrinking. Ltko all
her breed, filio would foco flro nnd
donth beforo water. Kazan urged. A
dozen times ho Icnpcd In, nnd swnm
out Into tho Btrcnm. Hut Qrny Wolf
would como no farther than sho could
wade.
They could hear tho distant murmur
ing roar of tho flro now. Ahead of It
camo tho wild things. Mooso, caribou
and deer plunged Into tho witter of the
at renins and swam to tho safety of tho
opposite side. Out upon n whlto linger
of fiiind lumbered n big black bear with
two ctibH, and oven tho cubs took to
tho water, nnd swam ncrosa citRlly. Kit
kun watched them, nnd whined to Gray
Wolf.
And" then out upon that whlto finger
of sand camo othor things that dreaded
tho water ns Grny Wolf drcodod It: n
big fat porcuplno, a sleek llttlo mnrten,
a fl8hor-cnt thnt sniffed tho nlr nnd
walled ltko n child, Thoso things thnt
could not or would not swim outnum
bered tho others Utrco to ono. Hun
dreds of llttlo crmtno scurried nlong
tho shoro llko rats, their Bquenklng llt
tlo voices sounding Incessantly; foxes
ran swiftly nlong tho banks, seeking
a tree or a windfall that might bridge
tho water for them; tho lynx snarled
nnd faced the lire; and Gray Wolfs
own tribe the wolves dared tako no
deeper step than sho.
Dripping and panting, and hnlf
choked by heat nnd smoke, Knznn came
to Gray Wolfs side. Thero wns but
ono refugo left nenr them, nnd thnt
was tho Baud bar. It reached out for
fifty feet Into the stream. Quickly ho
led his blind mato toward it. As they
came through tho low brush to tho
riverbed, something stopped them
both. To their nostrils had como tho
scent of u deadlier enemy thnn flro. A
lynx had taken poHtiCKston of tho sand
bar, and was crouching nt tho end of
It. Three porcupines had drugged
themselves nto tho edge of tho water,
and lay there llko halls, their quills
nlert ond quivering. A flshcr-cnt was
snarling nt tho lynx. And tho lynx,
with cars laid back, watched Kazan
and Gray Wolf ns they began tho Invn
slnn of the sand bar.
Faithful Gray Wolf was full of tight,
and she sprang shoulder to shoulder
with Kazan, her fangs bared. With tin
angry suap, Kazan drove her back, and
sho stood quivering und whining while
ho advanced. Light-footed, his pointed
ears forward, no menace or threat In
his attitude, hu advanced. It was the
deadly advance of the husky trained In
battle, skilled In the art of killing. A
man from civilization would have said
that tho dog was approaching tho lynx
with friendly Intentions. Hut tho lynx
understood. It was tho old feud of
many generations made deadlier now
by Kazan's memory of that night at tho
toil of the Sun Hock.
Instinct told tho flshcr-cnt what was
coming, and It crouched low nnd flat;
tliu porcupines, scolding llko little chil
dren nt tho presence of enemies nnd
the thickening clouds of smoke, thmst
their quills KtJIl more erect. Tho lynx
Iny on Its belly, like u cnt, Its hind
quarters twitching, aud gathered for
the spring. Kazan's feet seemed scarce
ly to touch tho sand ns ho circled light
ly around It. The lynx pivoted ns ho
circled, and then It shot In a round
snarling boll over tho eight feet of
space thnt separated them.
Kazan did not leap aside. Ho made
no effort to escape tho nttnek, but met
It fairly with tho full forco of his shoul
ders, ns sledge-dog meets slcdgo-dog.
Ho wns ten pounds heavier thnn tho
lynx, nnd for n moment tho big loose
Jointed cnt with Its twenty knlfcllko
claws wns thrown on Its side. Llko a
flash Kazan took ndvnntngo of tho mo
ment, nnd drove for the bnck of tho
cnt's neck.
In thnt camo moment blind Grny
Wolf leaped In with n snnrllng cry, nnd
fighting under Kazan's belly, she fas
tened her Jnws In one of the cut's hind
legs. Tho bono snapped. Tho lynx,
twlco outweighed, leaped bnckwnrd,
dragging both Kazan nnd Grny Wolf.
It fell bnck down on ono of tho porcu
pines, nnd n hundred quills drovo Into
Its body. Another lenp nnd It was freo
fleeing Into tho faco of tho smoko.
Kaznn did not pursue. Grny Wolf
enmo to his Bldo nnd licked his neck,
whero fresh blood wns crimsoning his
tnwny hide. The llsher-cnt lay ns If
dend, watching them with llerco llttlo
black eyes. Tho porcupines continued
to chnttcr, as If begging for mercy.
And then a thick blnck suffocating pull
of Binoko drovo low over tho sand bar
nnd with It enmo ulr thnt wns furnnco
hot. At tho uttermost end of tho sand bur
Knznn nnd Grny Wolf rolled them
selves Into bulls nnd thrust their heads
under their bodies. Tho llro wns vory
near now. Tho roar of it wns llko that
of a grent cntnract, with now nnd thon
n louder crush of falling trees. Tho
air was rilled with ash mid burning
sparks, nnd twlco Knznn drow forth his
head to Biuip nt blazing embers thnt
fell upon nnd Beared him llko hot
Irons.
Closo nlong tho edgo of tho stroma
grew thick green bush, nnd when tho
llro reached this, It burned moro slow
ly, mid tho heat grew less, mm, it was
a long tlmo beforo Kazan and Gray
Wolf could draw forth their heads aud
breathe inoro freely. Then they found
that tho finger of sand reaching out In
to tho river had saved them. Every
where in that triangle between the two
rivers tho world hud turned black, and
was hot underfoot.
Tho smoko cleared away. Tho wind
changed again, mid swung down cool
mid fresh from the west mid north. Tho
llsher-cnt was tho first to move cau
tiously buck to ihu forests that had
been, but tho porcupines wero still
rolled Into balls when Gray Wolf and
Kazan left tho sand bur. They began
to travel up-stream, aud beforo night
emile, their feet wero sore from hot
ash and burning embers.
Tho moon was strango and forebod
ing thnt night, llko n Bpatter of blood
In tho sky, mid through tho long silent
hours thero wns not even tho hoot of
nn owl to give a sign that life still ex
isted whero yesterday hnd been a para
dise of wild things. Kazan know thnt
thero wns nothing to hunt, nnd they
continued to travel nil that night. With
dawn they struck a narrow swamp
nlong tho edgo of tho stream. Hero
beavers had built a dam, and they
wero able to cross over Into tho green
country on tho opposite side. For an
other day and another night they trav
eled westward, mid this brought them
Into tho thick country of swamp nnd
timber nlong tho Wnterfound.
And as Kazan mid Gray Wolf came
from tho West, thero came from Die
Hudson's bay iost to tho East a slim
dnrk-fneed French hnlf-breed by the.
namo of Henri Lot!, tho most famous
lynx hunter in all tho Hudson's bay
country.
And up from tho South, nt this samo
tlmo, thero wnn slowly working his
way by ennoo nnd trail n young uni
versity zoologist who was gathering
material for n book on "Tho Reason
ing of tho Wild." His namo was Paul
Weyman, and ho mndo arrangements
to spend n part of tho winter with
had waited on Its haunches, while (In
companion had killed tho lynx. He
did not tell Henri all ha thought. Hut
tho days that followed convinced him
moro and moro that ho had found the
most dramatic exemplification of his
theory. Hack of thin mysterious trag
edy of tho trap-lino there was a reason,
Why did tho two wolves not destroy
tho flsher-cat, tho crmlno nnd tho mar
ten? Why wan their feud with the
lynx nlonoT
Wcymnn wns strangely thrilled. He
wns n lover of wild things, and for
that reason ho never carried n gun.
And when ho saw Henri placing poison
baits for tho two marauders, ho shud
dered, mid when, duy after day, be
now that theso poison baits wero un
touched, ho rejoiced. Something in his
own nnturo went out In sympathy to
tho heroic outlnw of tho trnp-llno who
never failed to give buttle to the lynx.
Ntghtn in tho cabin he wrote down hli
thoughts and discoveries of tho day.
Ono day tho big Idea came to Henri.
Kazan and Gray Wolf once
again come Into contact with
human beings and have further '
strange experience as de
ter I bed In the next Installment
(TO DB CONTINUED.)
WARNED BY A PREMONITION
Gray Wolf Drew Back, Shrinking.
Henri Lotl, the halfibrecd. Ho brought
with him plenty of paper, a enmern
and tho photograph of n girl. Ills only
weapon was u pocketknlfe.
And meanwhile Kazan and Gray
Wolf found tho homo they wcro seek
ing In n thick swamp flvo or six miles
from tho cabin thnt Henri Lotl bad
built.
CHAPTER XIII.
Always Two by Two.
It was January when a guldo from
tho post brought l'uul Weyman to
Henri Lotl's cabin on tho Wnterfound.
"It is d strange," snld Henri.
"1 havo lost seven lynx In tho traps,
torn to pieces like they wero no more
than rabbits that tho foxes had killed.
No thing not even benr hnvo over
tncklcd lynx In a trap before. It Is
tho first tlmo I ever sco it"
This aroused Wcymnn. IIo was ono
of thnt growing number of thoughtful
men who believed thnt mnn's egoism,
ns n race, blinds hlni to many of the
moro wonderful fncts of crcntlon.
"Thero Is one big wolf an' ono smal
ler," said Henri. "An' It Is nlwnyn
tho big wolf who goes in nn' tights
tho lynx. I bco thnt by tho Bnow.
While ho's lighting, tho smnller wolf
makes many tracks In tho snow Just
out of reach, an' then when tho lynx
Is down, or dend, It Jumps In nn' helps
tear It Into pieces. All that I know
by tho suow."
During tho two weeks thnt followed,
Weyman found much to ndd to tho
mnterlul of his book. Not n duy pnsscd
thnt somewhere nlong Henri's trnp-llno
thoy did not bco tho trails of tho two
wolves, und Weyman observed that
ns Henri hnd told him tho footprints
wero always two by two, mid never
ono by ono. On tho third day they
camo to a trap that had held n lynx,
nnd nt sight of what remained Henri
cursed in both French and English
until ho wns purplo In tho faco. The
lynx had been torn until Its pelt was
practically worthless.
Weymau saw whero tho smnller wolf
Banker Removed $250,000 Becauce of
It, and Building Caught Fire
That Night
"I hnvo a premonition that something
is going to happen during the night,"
snld tho cashier of tho banking Arm of
C. It. Richards 4 Co.. agents of the
Lloyd Itallano Steamship line, at 81-33
Broadway, ono recent afternoon.
So tho firm Immediately moved $250,-
000 In cash and securities to tho vaults
of tho Equitable Trust company.
Something did happen. Fire started
in tho building, nnd early tho next day
firemen wcro fighting n stubborn blaze.
40 feet benenth tho street
Dense volumes of suffocating smoke
poured out of the building, permeating
the pressrooms of the Journal of Com
merce, which nlso occupied the build
ing. Tho loss wns $20,000. New York
Telegram.
Why He Needed Her.
John Mcintosh nnd his daughter.
Janet from Canada, visited relatives
in Detroit recently. Day after day
Janet and her father went sightseeing,
always together.
Tho girl's nunt notldng this one
iinv. Hnecosted that sho let her father
, go downtown alone occasionally, and
added, Jokingly, "ilen ao not uko io
Ihivh women always tagging along."
"Ay, uhntlc, but ho wnhnts me," ex
plained Janet, earnestly. "He canna
thole to stir oot o' tho hooso his lane.
Yo wndna believe hoo fasht ho is ony
whero wl'oot me. Yo see, fnlther
tan'ks sic braid Scoatch thnt stranger
folk dlnna ken whnt it's nboot an' I
hao tno gnng wl him too tho coa
vcrrsln'." Harper's Magazine.
Small but Notable Kingdom.
Smullest In population among Uie
kingdoms of tho world, "Hcdjaz" car
ries to tho Arabic brain tho idea of
"separation." Tho newly made king
rules Indeed over n desolate land, nnd
nbout ns many subjects as could be
accommodated In Bristol. Hut his
"kingdom" Is nevertheless tho richest
In the world, from tho Moslem point
of view, since It holds the cities of
Mecca nnd Medina. Our Illustrious
nlly, lately u shereef, Is In tho way of
dignity; for ho not only controls the
holy places, but being n direct de
scendant of Mohammed, his position
ns tho new caliph should becomo un
challengeable. London Chronicle.
The Pacifist Sword-Cane.
Tho loaded cano has gone out ot
fashion, principally for the reason that
such n thing is a sourco of danger ly
ing around loose, ns n enno Is apt to
do but a whistling enno has been In
vented by which help may bo sum
moned by ono who Is nttneked and for
any renson unnblo to ninko nn outcry.
Tho apparatus is entirely hidden in
tho handle of tho enne, but yet exposed
sulllclently to bo quickly reached by
tho hand of tho person carrying It, and
two or three hard compressions will
attract Instantly tho attention of nny
ono within a dlstanco of several bun
drod yards.
Glass Gardens.
A few square feet of sunny ground
mid a hotbed or cold frame, largo or
small, will produce vegetables and
tlowera weeks ahead of thoso who gar
den without glass. A llttlo glass odds
a wonderful nmount of Interest to tho
garden and pro'onga tho season for
many weeks in tho spring nnd in tho
autumn. A good frnmo with snsh will
Inst for years, and this Is to bo con
sidered In buying good material nt the
outset
Some Giant Cuttlefish.
Somo cuttlefish nro so largo that the
suckers, when stretched 'to their full
length, can cncompnss tho girth of a
half-dozen human
STATE NEWS f
IN BRIEF.
Many walnut growers from Oregon
and adjoining states arc attending tho
third annual session of the Western
Walnut association, which convened in
McMlnnvlllo Wednesday.
The board of directors of the Astoria
chamber of commerce, has engaged C.
R. Barr, city ticket agent of the O.-
W. K. & N. company, as secretary and
manager of tho chamber. Barr will
assume his new duties on December 1.
Christmas-like activity pervaded the
headquarters of the Hood River Red
Cross chapter Saturday. Patriotic wo
men, who havo been devoting every
Wednesday to Red Cross work, passed
the day packing 100 Christmas boxes
destined to enlisted men in France.
Rains are causing discontinuance of
state highway work in several parts of
Oregon, according to reports reacntng
the State Highway department, al
though it is nrohable that on Eastern
Oregon work and in some of the west
ern parts of the state the work will
continue through most of the winter.
Tho Martin Brothers, of Klamath
Falls, have definitely decided to re
build their mill which was destroyed
hv fire Julv 15. The new mill will bo
absolutely the last word in the ar
rangement and equipment of flour
mills, and will have a capacity of 125
barrels per day.
Representative Hawley attended a
Bession of the Commercial club in Til
lamook Thursday evening to secure in
formation on the Tillamook harbor. It
was the opinion of those at the meet-,
ing that in the future the club should
work for improvement up to the mouth
of Tillamook river rather than on the
Hoquarten slough.
Charles Galloway, state tax commis
sioner, left Friday for Atlanta, Ga.,
where he will attend sessions of the
National Tax association and also a
meeting of the congress of states on
taxation. Delegates from 42 states
will attend the congress, which has for
its object the adjustment of differen
ces between tax laws of the various
states and also between the state and
Federal tax laws.
Shotaro Otani, a Japanese, arrested
by the Federal authorities at Astoria,
Thursday evening for failing to regis
ter for the draft, has been released on
this own recogniaznee to appear for
hearing when wanted by Federal the
grand jury. George Miller, a German,
arrested on the same charge, is being
held in the county jail. He was com
mitted to jail, as he informed the offi
cers he intended to leave town as soon
as released from custody.
Soldiers of Oregon are not to go
without regular correspondents from
home, according to a plan outlined by
Superintendent Churchill, of the de
partment of public instruction. Each
city superintendent is asked to make
up a list of the soldiers from his town
and pupils will be requested, as a part
of their regular work in English, to
write letters to the soldiers, these let
ters to tell the news of the community
at home and to include an account of
each pan lotic undertaking which the
community is joining in to help win
the war.
A severe earthquake shock was felt
throughout the Lakeview district Sat
urday at 5:45 o'clock.
The reappearance on Coos Bay of ac
tive I. W. W. members is giving rise
to much speculation as mills and ship
yards at North Bend are filling govern
ment contracts with spruce for air
plane and hulls for several ships.
After reaching the lowest point it
has attained for 15 years, the Wil
lamette river at Albany is beginning
to rise slowly as a result of the recent
rains. Tho river has been stationary
at 0.8 feet above low-water mark.
Throught the office of the Wheeler
county agricultural agent, a carload of
rye has been distributed among the
farmers near Fossil. A shortage of
rye seed necessitated a shipment from
outsido points. All available rye in
the county was sold at $2.50 a bushel,
but this carload brought $1.90, a sav
ing of $720 to tho farmers.
Railroad and public servica commis
sions are advised to administer tho
laws with due regard to the security
of investors as well as of the consum
ers of such utility, in a report received
by tho Public Servico Commission
from tho committee on capitalization
and intercorporate relations of Nation
al Association of Railway commisssion
era. Tho run of sllversidcs at Gardiner,
which has been exceedingly light tho
past two weeks, is increasing nnd tho
fishing fleet is out in full force.
Tho old saying about the shoemak
er's children going barefooted is well
illustrated in tho case of J. H. Cham
bers, of Cottage Grovo, who has sold
thousands of cords of wood during the
past year, but now finds himself with
out a dry stick of wood for his own
use, owing to a flro that recently de
stroyed his mill.